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Subject: Re: Vanishing ANSYS on IGES import
Author: Patrick Tibbits
Date: 2001-08-27 15:39:00

Hi XANSYS,

Thank you very much, Eric and Markus.

With your suggestions in mind, I will explore my constraints of time and
money.

Patrick Tibbits
Senior Staff Engineer

Emerson Power Transmission
909 N. Lafayette St.
Valparaiso, IN 46383

* phone: (219) 465-2268
* fax: (219) 465-2263
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 06:34:12 -0700
> From: Eric Miller
> Subject: RE: Vanishing ANSYS on IGES import

> Patrick:

> I would try the following:

> Do you have Parasolid import capability?
> It is much more robust.

> Can you try it on a non-alpha machine?
> I know that the ALPHA compilers are touchier
> and have found that much of my own code runs
> everywhere else but on the ALPHA.

> Can you try a newer version of ANSYS?

> If your don't have these options and it still crashes
> like this, you need to contact
> your ASD or Direct Sales office. They can
> try it out for you on new versions/other machines and
> if it is a problem, they can help you find a work around.

> Eric

> Eric Miller
> Director, CAD &
> Software Services
> Phoenix Analysis &
> Design Technologies
> (480) 813-4884, x103
> www.padtinc.com

> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 15:47:13 +0200
> From: "Markus Lengauer"
> Subject: Re: Vanishing ANSYS on IGES import

> What Eric suggests, is the long and winding road, but is good
> for training the character, every FEAnalyst should have walk this way
> once.

> If you will have to do this type of import more often,
> I would suggest the following:

> Assume how many hours you will need per year until you have your iges
> files imported. Multiply this with your costs for the company per hour.

> Show this value your boss. If you are still alive afterwards, ask him, if
> you are allowed to
> buy CadFix from FEGS Ltd.

> This is a software, which will read your IGES files, no matter from where
> and how 'bad'
> they are. In Cadfix you perform the repair (mostly automatized). You
> always
> have control
> over geometric entitities which will cause import problems in IGES. So you
> always know,
> if the import will work in the current stage or not. Last stage is, that
> Cadfix writes out
> an ASCII file, which you can import to ANSYS with File/ReadInput from.

> look it up: www.cadfix.com

> Regards,
> Markus

> P.S. I do not get paid by Cadfix for this sort of e-mails.

> Dipl.-Ing. Markus Lengauer - Technische Berechnung
> FH Joanneum GmbH
> Studiengang Fahrzeugtechnik / Automotive Engineering
> Alte Poststraße 149
> 8020 Graz
> Tel.: +43 316 5453-8413
> Fax: +43 316 5453-8401
> e-mail: markus.lengauer@f...

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